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Visitor venues

If you've been to a show at the Schnitz, a concert at the Oregon Zoo, a home and garden show at the Oregon Convention Center or a trade show at Portland Expo Center, then you've been Metro's guest. Learn about Metro's visitor venues and how they support the regional economy.

The Metropolitan Exposition Recreation Commission works to protect the public investment in three of Metro's visitor venues: Oregon Convention Center, Portland Expo Center and Portland’5 Centers for the Arts. MERC provides expertise, governance and policy direction to the businesses

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Mortenson and Metro are working to improve access to both minority- and woman-owned contracting businesses as well as helping ease the pathways for minorities and women looking to enter the trades as a career. Progress reports from Mortenson indicates their efforts are delivering results.

Mortenson and Metro are working to improve access to both minority- and woman-owned contracting businesses as well as helping ease the pathways for minorities and women looking to enter the trades as a career. Progress reports from Mortenson indicates their efforts are delivering results.

Mortenson and Metro are working to improve access to both minority- and woman-owned contracting businesses as well as helping ease the pathways for minorities and women looking to enter the trades as a career. Progress reports from Mortenson indicates their efforts are delivering results.

The Oregon Convention Center has been recertified as a LEED Platinum building by the U.S. Green Building Council – the highest of the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards and an internationally recognized benchmark for sustainable building practices. The Oregon Convention Center is one of only two convention centers in the United States to hold that distinction and continues a Portland tradition of achieving the highest levels of sustainable practice.

Whether your roots in the region run generations deep or you moved to Oregon last week, you have your own reasons for loving this place – and Metro wants to keep it that way. Help shape the future of the greater Portland region and discover tools, services and places that make life better today.